OCHA/UN Ukraine: Who Does What, Where (3W/5W) December 2025
- Matthew Parish
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Friday 23 January 2026
***Based on previous years’ experience, there will be no 2026 numbers available until April. The 2026 HNRP should be released soon but is not available yet. ***
Please see the Ukraine Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2025 AND the Re-prioritized HNRP, released in April 2025 for specifics regarding objectives and targets. It is assumed that Many-Most operations will have been negatively impacted by the destruction of USAID, directly or indirectly.
The infographic now has the option to view the numbers based on the Reprioritized HNRP or the General Planned Reach (original).
According to the 2025 HNRP, these Oblasts make up the line of most severe need: Dnipropetrovka, Donetska, Kharkivska, Khersonska and Zaporizka. Reprioritization reductions, based on geography are mostly within the WASH, Education and Protection Clusters. Food Security and Livelihoods, made reductions in planned reach, in all Oblasts. (See link below for the full report)
Overall
% Reached is at 65% of Prioritized Reach, or 3.1 million, as of December. Monthly New Reach was 102k.
Overall reach, in the Most Severe Needs Oblasts, is at 67%. 51% of overall new reach, 102k, was in the Most Severe Needs Oblasts down 10% from November.
Performance by Cluster
The Clusters with the largest target numbers for 2025 (Bold) are WASH, Health, Shelter/NFI, General Protection and FSL. Improvements in these Clusters will have a more powerful impact on overall Reach.
Child Protection was by far the biggest mover, improving % Reached by 14% in December. Shelter/NFI follows at 6%.
CCCM (Camp Coordination and Camp Management) set a new high since the start of the escalation reaching 81% of Targeted Reach. Child Protection moved into 2nd place ending the year with 78%.
Funding by Cluster
The Clusters in bold are those with the highest Planned Reach. The least funded Cluster is Food Security and Livelihoods at 20%. General Protection is the latest Cluster to get to 100% funded.
Activities along the line of Most Severe Need
These are the top 10 activities along the line of Most Severe Need by Planned Reach Prioritized.
The higher the Planned Reach, the greater the impact of improvement.
The biggest improver in December was the WASH “District Heating systems repairs and rehabilitation” activity at 25%. This puts them at 98% pf the Target Reach. HEALTH made another big 11% move in “Procure, pre-position, and distribute essential medicines, equipment and supplies”, adding to a three month ‘streak’.
Top 20 “Not Reached” Activities on the Line of Most Severe Need
My hope is that this will be helpful for planners and grant writers. Surely projects that target the biggest gaps will add some extra points to the funding equations.
Methodology: I subtracted the Individuals Reached from the Target, then sorted Largest to Smallest. This list represents 94% of the individuals Not reached. (Pareto Anaylisis-80/20 rule, seems to work)
The activities highlighted in Green are cash/voucher activities. As of December, these activities are beginning to cluster at the top of the list. At the same time, MPCA’s “Provision of multipurpose cash” project has reached 89% of their target, building on their 63k increase in New Reach on the Line in October. If this improvement is a result of the lessons learned outlined earlier in the year……..this is a Great sign for 2026. If MPCA can share it’s successes with other MPCA partners AND the other Cluster participants, it will be a HUGE step.
There was a LOT of switching around in the Top 20 Not Reached again this month. The smallest number of “Not Reached” went from 50,791 to 32,362.
Although the activities at the top of the list, have remained fairly constant, incremental improvements have created a more stable foundation for 2026.
Who Does What Where (3W/5W) Infographic: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/ukraine-who-does-what-where-3w
Ukraine: Multi-purpose cash assistance and sectoral outcomes assessment - Examining cash assistance and its impact on households in Ukraine (April 2025):